Improvement in finger, scarf, and napkin rings



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCEO L. SAUTER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FINGER, SCARF, AND NAPKIN RINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,618, (lated July 24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LORENZO SAUTER, of Jersey City, in the county ofI-ludson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Finger, Scarf7 and Napkin Rings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which Figure l is a plan view representing the outer edge or circumference of a ring constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken in the linex ac of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same, taken 1 in the line g/ y of Fig. l and at right angles to Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention is designed for either iin gerrings or for scarf or napkin rings 5 and it consists in a novel construction of a ring whereby it may be made to present the appearance of a plain ring, the same as it' made of solid metal, or that of an ornamental one, in which hair, miniatures, or other suitable ornaments contained in the hollow body of the ring are exposed to view.

To enable others to understand the nature and construction of my invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

a represents an annular band of gold or other suitable material, and which forms the innermost portion of the body of the ring, and has formed upon one of its edges an out wardly-projecting rim or iiange, a. Rigidly xed upon and around this inner band, a., is another band, b, which is somewhat narrower than the band a, and has a broad groove formed in its inner side or circumference in such manner that when the band bis fixed upon the inner band, a, as just set forth, an

' annular space or passage is formed within the body of the ring and concentric with the same, in which is placed the hair, miniature, or other ornament desired, as will be presently further described.

Formed in and through the band b are any desired number of openings, as shown at c', the spaces between the said openings being of equal or greater length than the openings themselves.

Fitting snugly upon and around the body of the ring constituted by the bands a and b, as just hereinbefore explained, is an outer sliding annular band, c, of the same width as the ixed band b, and retained thereon by means of an annular iiange, f, which is fitted upon the outwardly-projecting edge of the inner band, a, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, and secured thereto by slightly turning up the said edge over the outermost corner ofthe inner circumference of the said flange j", by which means the outer band, c, is situated in a groove formed between the two flanges c and j', and may be turned around therein when desired to bring any part of its circumference opposite any desired point on the circumference of the body of the ring, or, in other words, on that of the ixed'band b. This sliding ring c is furnished with holes or openings f', which extend entirely through from the inner to the outer side thereof, and correspond in size, shape, and number with the openings c', formed in the outer side of the body a b of the ring, as hereiubefore explained.

A band of braided hair or other suitable or desired material is placed in the annular passage formed within the body a b, as hereinbefore fully explained, the said hair being shown at o in the drawings. When the outer sliding band, c, is turned around so that the openings j" are brought immediately over and opposite the openings c', the hair will be exposed to view by the said openings, and thus give the ring an ornamental appearance, as shown in Fig. l, at the same time that, by turning the aforesaid outer band in such manner as to bring the solid metal spaces between the openings f over the openings c', the said openings c will be completely covered, as shown in Fig. l, and the hair contained in the body a b be entirely concealed, so that the exterior of the ring will be the same as that of an ordinary plain ring, and the hair will be protected from any injury which might happen to it if exposed in washing the hands or from other causes. The said exterior may bc chased or engraved in any suitable pattern when desired.

Instead of the hair e, miniatures or other suitable pictures or ornaments may be placed in the body a, b, under or within the opening c', and may be covered or exposed to View by turning the sliding band o in the manner just explained.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The annular sliding band c, furnished with openings f', and applied in vcombination with the hollow body a b, furnished at its outer oiremnferenoe with openings o', substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

LORENZO SAUTER. Witnesses:

A. C. BROWN, S. KAUFMANN. 

